Articles for
April 2007
Posted under Recreation on April 30th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
(Additions in italics) State watering restrictions say that you can water from midnight to 10am on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays if you live at an even numbered address and Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays if you are an odd numbered address. Those restrictions do not allow watering at all during the times of 10am to midnight.
Parks […]
Posted under Sheriffs Department, courts on April 30th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
The Cobb County District Attorney who is handling the case against Floyd County Police Officer Dallas Battle has largely been mum on the case, “You never have to apologized for something that you didn’t say” says Cobb D.A. Pat Head when asked today if there was an progress on the case involving Floyd County police detective Dallas Battle.
Head […]
Posted under Schools on April 30th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
According to a press release from the Polk County Schools, Superintendent Darrel Sorrels has retired effective immediately.
The press release says,
“After 32 years with Polk School District, I am retiring, effective today, April 30, 2007. I have other opportunities that I want to pursue at this point. I want to thank the Polk School District Board […]
Posted under Uncategorized on April 30th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
Rome Police responded to a call Monday morning from the Lockeed Credit Union on Avenue B when tellers called to report a customer trying to cash a stolen check.
When officers arrived, a black male later identified as 29 year old Demetrice Wilson of a E 16th Street address, fled the scene on foot and ran […]
Posted under Auto Accidents, Police on April 30th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
An accident in the heart of the morning rush Monday backed up traffic for nearly 45 minutes as Police and Fire Personnel worked to clear up the wreck at the intersection of Calhoun Avenue and the Rome bypass.
According to the Floyd County Police, Desiree Edwards of Rome was attempting to make a left turn off […]
Posted under Uncategorized on April 29th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
Scouts from Troop 20 in Cave Spring built a walkway at Cave Spring Elementary in the Friendship Garden called the Eagle walk recently. The walkway is made out of landscape timbers and cypress mulch. The walkway will change over time from mulch to brick.
Since last year, each fifth grader now personalizes a brick with their […]
Posted under Uncategorized on April 29th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
A fight at the Etowah park baseball fields lands one Rome man in the Floyd County jail charged with Battery, Cruelty to children and disorderly conduct.
According to Floyd County jail records, 34 year old Rusty T Roberts got into a fight while at the Etowah park recreation complex and struck another man after the victim […]
Posted under Uncategorized on April 27th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
Consultants from the National Center for Bicycling and Walking briefed leaders from Northwest Georgia Friday on ways to enhance pedestrian and bike routes across the region.
Mark Plotz told the group that bike and pedestrian paths are “an amenity that adds value to properties” Fellow consultant Bill Wilkinson (pictured) said that developers are seeing a $10,000 […]
Posted under Sheriffs Department, Crime, Police on April 27th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
A 17 year old Carroll County boy is being held in the Floyd County jail on warrants charging him with aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation.
17 year old Matthew Eugene Brock of Carrollton is alleged to have committed multiple sexual acts involving a girl under the age of 16 at a location on Dellvue […]
Posted under Crime, Police on April 27th, 2007 by RomeNewswire
New details are surfacing concerning missing Walker County dispatcher Teresa Parker.
Walker County district attorney Buzz Franklin has recused himself from the case and in a letter to Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, he says, Parker’s estranged husband, Sam Parker is “a close friend of my chief investigator…as well as others in the office.”
Franklin continued by […]